Car-coupling



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVOS HEIDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-CoUPLlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,668, dated December 26, 1882.

Application filed October 18, 1882. (No modelJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAvos HEIDEL, of the city ot' St. Louis, in the State ot' Missouri, have invented a certain new and uset'ul Improvement in GanOouplings, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingd rawings, forming part ofthis specitication.

M y invention consists in providing` the drawhead with a device for lifting thelink into position or coupling; also, in combination therewith ot a device i'or lifting the coupling-pin.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, illustrating my invention, showing the lifter and the coupling-pin in their lower position. Fig. 2 is an end view, showing the parts in same position. Fig. 3is a side view, showing the parts in position for coupling. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of part of operating bar and arm. Fig. 5 is a detail front view of the cross-pin upon the lever by which the coupling-pin is elevated.

A is the cross-bar ofthe car-body from which the draw-head B or B is suspended. The draw-head may be ofthe usual form. In fact, my device is intended for attachment to cars having ordinary draw-heads thereon and working with a customary link and pin.

C is a hanger-frame secured to the cross bar or timber A, and forming` a stirrup, through which passes the lifting-lever D and by which the lever has fulcrum-support.

E is a stirrup-formed guide, through which a lever D passes. The lifting-lever D has a strap, D', extending beneath the fulcrum-hanger C, the strap being of sufficient length to allow considerable endwise movement in the lever, the fulcrum passing along the slot D2 as the lever moves backward and forward. The outer end of the lever is turned upward and forked at D3, or has a recess, D4, to receive and hold the .link when the cars are approaching for coupling, as seen in Fig. 3.

F is a rod extending from side to side ofthe car-body and turning in bearings G, and provided at each end with a handle, H, by which it is turned. I

I is an arm ixed to the middle of the ro and havingdownturned fingersz' resting upon the lever D at the rear of the fulcrum, so that when the rod is turned into the position shown in the draw-head B in Fig. 1 the inner end ot' the lever is depressed and the outer end raised to hold up theentering link L, so that it will he properly presented to the mouth M of the draw-head. As the cars approach and the draw-heads come together the levers D are pushed backward into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the salient parts of the drawdieads coming into direct contact, when the fore end ot' the lever isallowed to drop to its lower position, as shown in Figs. l and 2 and in Fig. 3, with the draw-head B. When the rod F isiu position of rest, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and at B, Fig. 3, the rear end ot' the lever D is in contact with the bottom ot' the draw-head, and the inclination of the lever causes it to slide outward ready for use in. coupling. f

K is a bracket attached to the bar A, forming the lfulcrum-bearing of the lever N, that passes through the bracket. The outer end of the lever N is connected to the upper end ot' the coupling-pin I? by a lilik or hook, O, the

pin having an eye at the upper end to enable this connection. The inner end ot' the lever N has a cross-bar, Q, whose ends are circumferentiall y grooved t'or the reception of the ends of a stirrup-link, R, whose lower horizontal part passes through the eye at the end of the linger i extending from the arm I upon the rod F. The construction is such that when the rod F is turned into the position shown in Fig. 3 in connection with the draw-head B the link ot' the approaching draw-head B is raised into coupling position, and at the same time the pin P of the draw-head B is raised to allow the entrance of the link. v

Attention is called to the fact that the lifting-lever upon the head carrying the link can be used to support the outer end of the link, for, as the point of lever-support beneath the link is beyond its center ot' gravity, thelink will rest in coupling position even when the pin P is drawn up; but in this case the pin ot' the other draw-head must be raised or removed.

I claim- 1. The combination ot' sliding, lifting, and` tilting lever D, transverse rock-bar F, arm I for tilting the lever secured to said bar, and suitable support C for the lever, as set forth.

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2. The combination of tilting-lever D, suitable support C, rock-shaft F, arm I, secured thereto, and strrup E, as set: forth.

3. The combination 0f rock-shaft F, arm I,

5 suitable support K, pin P, lever N, cr0ss-bar Q, and link 1%,c0nnecting the arm to the oross- Witnesses: bam, als son forth. SAML. KNIGHT,

4. The combination, with the draw-head of GEO. H. KNIGHT.

F, with arm I, link R, lever N, and pin P, sub- [o stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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